May 18, 2023·edited May 18, 2023Liked by Rudy Havenstein
The current century has been all about lurching from one war to another. This time we are in a proxy war with a nuclear power capable of destroying the world many times over. Putin is an evil guy and the aggressor. But there are limits to the outcome we can achieve for Ukraine. Even writing what I just wrote would be attacked for being a “Putin apologist” or “enabler” if posted on Twitter. We have lost all sense of nuance and any debate on our policy, other than acceding to absolutism, is not permitted. Seems to me that a proxy war that keeps escalating is something requiring open and vigorous debate.
What seems different this time is that the traditional anti war left is nowhere to be found. My theory is that even though the 2016 election interference story is now widely discredited, the far left still conflates Trump and Putin. Through influence by perceived association, their antipathy toward Trump extends to Putin. Therefore, while the anti war left normally could be expected to seek peace talks and dialog, they are now silent. Without the anti war left, the neocons are unchecked. I’m not an anti war left pacifist or do I think they necessarily would have the right solution, but we need a balance against the neocons. Having lost that, there is no counterforce against escalation. I think we could very well be headed for catastrophe.
"The thing I wondered about the panel is that everyone seemed to be waiting for opportunities to “deploy capital,” but did any of them make bad loans over that period, and if so, are they be as flush as they seem to be? Who knows."
Net, net....there will be no capital to deploy. Rage on, friends...into the void.
Wouldn't it be great to have a law in place which requires the M2 money supply chart be published by all major networks each month. That's where the theft is.
Excellent stuff. A funny sort of dichotomy I observed: I was asked to verify my age by Google in order to watch the Animal House clip (didn’t have the time to oblige the Tech god). It struck me as odd how over the top that type of governance is (I mean was nudity and bad language even allowed when Animal House was filmed? Plus, given all their prying surely ‘they’ know I’m over 18.) vs the financial free-for-all and grift that you regularly write about.
Sticking with that theme, I bet I could order a gun online with less verification. The country is nuts.
The current century has been all about lurching from one war to another. This time we are in a proxy war with a nuclear power capable of destroying the world many times over. Putin is an evil guy and the aggressor. But there are limits to the outcome we can achieve for Ukraine. Even writing what I just wrote would be attacked for being a “Putin apologist” or “enabler” if posted on Twitter. We have lost all sense of nuance and any debate on our policy, other than acceding to absolutism, is not permitted. Seems to me that a proxy war that keeps escalating is something requiring open and vigorous debate.
The U.S. has a long history of interfering in Russian affairs in recent decades. Putin is a direct result of that.
It’s all a big geopolitical chessboard to the bipartisan military industrial complex.
Someone gave a speech about that years ago :)
What seems different this time is that the traditional anti war left is nowhere to be found. My theory is that even though the 2016 election interference story is now widely discredited, the far left still conflates Trump and Putin. Through influence by perceived association, their antipathy toward Trump extends to Putin. Therefore, while the anti war left normally could be expected to seek peace talks and dialog, they are now silent. Without the anti war left, the neocons are unchecked. I’m not an anti war left pacifist or do I think they necessarily would have the right solution, but we need a balance against the neocons. Having lost that, there is no counterforce against escalation. I think we could very well be headed for catastrophe.
Nowadays the only unforgivable sin in both the Republican and Democratic parties is to question endless, offensive, undeclared wars.
"The thing I wondered about the panel is that everyone seemed to be waiting for opportunities to “deploy capital,” but did any of them make bad loans over that period, and if so, are they be as flush as they seem to be? Who knows."
Net, net....there will be no capital to deploy. Rage on, friends...into the void.
Wouldn't it be great to have a law in place which requires the M2 money supply chart be published by all major networks each month. That's where the theft is.
When I read about corruption, abuse of power, and stupidity of our overlords, I find a bit of satisfaction in this bit of history:
"The Death of Johan de Witt
In 1672, the Dutch Grand Pensionary was lynched and partially eaten by an angry mob."
The Dutch people really understood incentives back then.
Excellent stuff. A funny sort of dichotomy I observed: I was asked to verify my age by Google in order to watch the Animal House clip (didn’t have the time to oblige the Tech god). It struck me as odd how over the top that type of governance is (I mean was nudity and bad language even allowed when Animal House was filmed? Plus, given all their prying surely ‘they’ know I’m over 18.) vs the financial free-for-all and grift that you regularly write about.
Sticking with that theme, I bet I could order a gun online with less verification. The country is nuts.